That citrus magic sounds interesting!
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That citrus magic sounds interesting!
its called
Pyroil Citrus Plastics
its weird cos it has a pic of a tyre on it, but if u read the instructions its actually for all plastics, tyres, interior, trips
Where did you buy it from? The regular haunts at supercheap, repco, autobarn, autoone and BigW?
yeps!
Cool. Thanks!
I think its called CT18Quote:
Originally Posted by fadz
Hey Flanderz good advice! I was going to get a guy to detail for me, now I might just try myself!
great work flanderz and aaronng!!!
any tips on how to polish rims? products to use etc?
cheers!
Are your rims clearcoated or exposed metal?
exposed metal
If it is very dull or oxidised, go for a nice metal polish suitable for the rim material. Usually it's either aluminium or magnesium alloy. I use Autosol for my polishing needs (on stainless steel). Read up on www.autopia.org a bit on uncoated rims. Those guys have a lot of info. I can't tell you absolutely what to do as my rims are clearcoated.
If it was me, depending on the rim condition, I'd use Autosol first it was heavily oxidised or has fine scratches. Then, after wiping off the residue, I'd use Meg's NXT metal polish. NXT's polish leaves behind a layer of protection to slow down oxidation. You will have to reapply once in a while as I'm sure the protection would get worn away by the environment. Of course, if it was just oxidation on the rim, you could skip directly to NXT metal polish. Cheapest I've seen locally is at Repco for $15 per tin.
I've read on Autopia that those guys also apply a layer of synthetic paint wax or wheel wax after polishing too.
Can anyone comment on 'Polyglaze Sparkling Wash'? Im not familiar with the product, my father picked me up some this afternoon and I was just wondering whether its any good to use?
EDIT: I also found a bottle of AmorAll Protectant Original with my bag of cleaning goodies.. What is this used for?
EDITx2: I have some 'Bar's Bugs' concentrate (75ml roughly) mixed in my windscreen water reservoir.. Will this damage/remove wax from windscreen?
Also my car, being 16 years old, has maybe 2 or 3 minor spots of rust on the bonet/boot in total, these little round spots are smaller than your little finger nail however I would like to know whether there is a quick fix to these spots? The problem with touchup paint is the rest of the paint has faded in 16 years and thus it would look a little weird.. Would using products mentioned in this thread damage these spots anymore? Or could they perhaps add as a protectant and seal the spots off.. I doubt these spots are spreading and they look more like one offs where something has dropped on the bonet/boot and not been removed over a period of time..
Cheers,
Scott